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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Swenson family</a> of Minnesota</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist. <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Swen Swenson (1836-1905) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-lived.html">Nicollet County</a>, Minn. Born in Hol, Hallingdal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-born.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/11-29.html">November 29, 1836</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 17, 1887. Died in New Sweden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-died.html">Nicollet County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/03-04.html">March 4, 1905</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 95 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-buried.html#cms06404">Norseland Lutheran Cemetery</a>, Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#304.89.13">Lars Swenson</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#181.54.33">Lauritz Selmer Swenson</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#454.34.42">Carl Ludvig Swenson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#867.29.11">Oscar Adolph Swenson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12899.html">Swenson family</a> of Minnesota.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lars Swenson (1842-1904) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/index.html">1842</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 29th District, 1887-89. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/index.html">1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">about 62 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#732.98.31">Swen Swenson</a>; father of Thea Pauline Swenson (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearson.html#180.81.74">Alfred John Pearson</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#181.54.33">Lauritz Selmer Swenson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#867.29.11">Oscar Adolph Swenson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12899.html">Swenson family</a> of Minnesota.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lauritz Selmer Swenson (1865-1947) — also known as Lauritz S. Swenson — of Albert Lea, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FR-lived.html">Freeborn County</a>, Minn.; Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-lived.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn. Born in New Sweden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-born.html">Nicollet County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/06-12.html">June 12, 1865</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MN.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MN.html">1908</a> (alternate); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-diplomats.html ">Denmark</a>, 1897-1905, resigned 1905; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SZ-diplomats.html ">Switzerland</a>, 1910-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-diplomats.html ">Norway</a>, 1911-13, 1921-30; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NL-diplomats.html ">Netherlands</a>, 1931-34. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart disease</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Oslo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-died.html">Norway</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/11-03.html">November 3, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 144 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-buried.html#cms06404">Norseland Lutheran Cemetery</a>, Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#732.98.31">Swen Swenson</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#454.34.42">Carl Ludvig Swenson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#867.29.11">Oscar Adolph Swenson</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#304.89.13">Lars Swenson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12899.html">Swenson family</a> of Minnesota.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/swenson-lauritz-selmer ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Alfred John Pearson (1869-1939) — also known as Alfred J. Pearson — of Des Moines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, Iowa. Born in Landskrona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-born.html">Sweden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/09-29.html">September 29, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">University professor</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PL-diplomats.html ">Poland</a>, 1924-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FI-diplomats.html ">Finland</a>, 1925-30. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scandinavian.html">Swedish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/modern-lang-assoc.html">Modern Language Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Association of University Professors</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/08-09.html">August 9, 1939</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 314 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-buried.html#cms00172">Lakewood Cemetery</a>, Minneapolis, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Hans Pearson and Johanna (Nilson) Pearson; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/">1901</a> to Thea Pauline Swenson (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#304.89.13">Lars Swenson</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12899.html">Swenson family</a> of Minnesota.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/pearson-alfred-john ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674220447/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/454/34.42.jpg" width=70 height=103 border=0 alt="C. L. Swenson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Carl Ludvig Swenson (1869-1941) — also known as C. L. Swenson — of Albert Lea, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FR-lived.html">Freeborn County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-born.html">Nicollet County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/12-14.html">December 14, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 6th District, 1915-18; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MN.html">1916</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/index.html">1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">about 71 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FR-buried.html#cms06403">somewhere</a> in Albert Lea, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#732.98.31">Swen Swenson</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#181.54.33">Lauritz Selmer Swenson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#867.29.11">Oscar Adolph Swenson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12899.html">Swenson family</a> of Minnesota.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/6674243931/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/867/29.11.jpg" width=70 height=94 border=0 alt="Oscar A. Swenson"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Oscar Adolph Swenson (1877-1951) — also known as Oscar A. Swenson — of Nicollet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-lived.html">Nicollet County</a>, Minn. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-born.html">Nicollet County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/03-27.html">March 27, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; secretary-manager of New Sweden <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Creamery</a> Association; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1913-28 (District 20 1913-14, District 15 1915-28); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Minnesota State House of Representatives</a>, 1931; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/MN.html">1928</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/stsen.html">Minnesota state senate</a> 15th District, 1937-49. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/index.html">1951</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">about 74 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/NI-buried.html#cms06404">Norseland Lutheran Cemetery</a>, Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#732.98.31">Swen Swenson</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#181.54.33">Lauritz Selmer Swenson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#454.34.42">Carl Ludvig Swenson</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sweetland-swinburne.html#304.89.13">Lars Swenson</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/12899.html">Swenson family</a> of Minnesota.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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